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01-09-2013 04:59 AM

GraphicGr8s

Quote:

Originally Posted by mitchfish9

Cool story bro. You work, congrats

It's meant in reference to all these college, HS kids bellyaching about having to go back to school.. Yep. I work. In HS I was on a work study program. I loved school vacations. Meant I got to put more hours in at work to earn money to get the custom ground cam and high dome pistons and get it blueprinted. Work study meant I got my apprenticeship done that much faster.

01-09-2013 03:35 AM

sejoy

I expect to be in some boring jobs before entering my chosen career like most people I'm sure. But I am an artist and I can't wait to get out there and start doing what I love for a living.
Being stuck in an into to Photoshop class for five months just because an advisor made it a graduation requirement is not my idea of learning. I'm just sick of being placed in classes that are a lot of work, cost a lot of my time and money, and leaving without gaining much knowledge.
I love to learn, I will never stop loving and wanting to learn, but going broke to sit in classes teaching skills I have already surpassed is not cool.

I dropped that class today without telling my advisor, we'll see how this goes.
Thinking of adding a Nematology or Horticulture class in it's place. I've finished all my gen ed science courses already though =/

To fellow college students in here, what kinds of classes/ majors are you in? Any fish/plant related classes you really enjoy? Really not liking how my BFA program is going here, might switch to Bio instead and save up for art school.

01-09-2013 02:34 AM

mitchfish9

Quote:

Originally Posted by GraphicGr8s

What a bunch of pansies.

Quote:

Originally Posted by GraphicGr8s

Pansies I say.

Cool story bro. You work, congrats

01-09-2013 02:02 AM

Jeffww

HA college starts next week for me dweeeeeebbbbssss.

Maturity is awesome.

01-09-2013 01:53 AM

puopg

Quote:

Originally Posted by Overgrowth

Well let me ask you this: does knowledge buy you fish tanks?

And yes, eventually it buys you a LOT of fish tanks.

01-09-2013 01:52 AM

puopg

I would love to go back to school, the environment (minus the exams) is so chill. Hanging with friends, chillaxin, knowing hw is due on friday and u still got thursday to do it. I kinda miss that cuz when you move to a new place for work, friends aren't always a few feet away from you.

01-09-2013 01:47 AM

Overgrowth

Quote:

Originally Posted by GraphicGr8s

You're paid in school also. Knowledge is money in your brain.

Pansies I say.

Well let me ask you this: does knowledge buy you fish tanks?

01-08-2013 03:25 AM

GraphicGr8s

Quote:

Originally Posted by sejoy

That's true but I'm personally stuck in classes that are required but are not challenging, so they just take up time and add stress to the few classes i really want to be in.

If I could actually pick whatever classes I wanted and go to school for free I'd never leave, but at this rate I'd rather be out working in the real world and gaining skills I don't already have instead of paying for overpriced useless courses.

On a TPT note, there's an awesome LFS near my school that has super helpful employees, healthy fish and tons of plants. I'd love to work there 8D

You think that in the working world you will always be doing something "challenging"?
I love the marketing packages that take a month of work before it goes to press. Hours of studio work. Days of imposition. Client changes. My changes. Then I get the basic letterhead envelope bc setup. That should only take 10 minutes to setup. With a "normal" client it does. Definitely not a challenge. But has to be done.

BTW most of the classes I took in HS were not challenging and I could pretty much sleep thru and ace. (Actually many of them I did) Most of the classes in college that I thought were totally irrelevant turned out to be a godsend in later life. You just never know.

01-08-2013 12:33 AM

sejoy

That's true but I'm personally stuck in classes that are required but are not challenging, so they just take up time and add stress to the few classes i really want to be in.

If I could actually pick whatever classes I wanted and go to school for free I'd never leave, but at this rate I'd rather be out working in the real world and gaining skills I don't already have instead of paying for overpriced useless courses.

On a TPT note, there's an awesome LFS near my school that has super helpful employees, healthy fish and tons of plants. I'd love to work there 8D

01-08-2013 12:05 AM

GraphicGr8s

Quote:

Originally Posted by sejoy

Yeah but at work you get paid

You're paid in school also. Knowledge is money in your brain.

Pansies I say.

01-07-2013 06:54 PM

Ben.

Quote:

Originally Posted by bud29

Indeed. I would be much more happy to go back to school if I got paid for it

amen.

01-07-2013 04:08 PM

bud29

Quote:

Originally Posted by sejoy

Yeah but at work you get paid

Indeed. I would be much more happy to go back to school if I got paid for it

01-07-2013 03:36 PM

sejoy

Yeah but at work you get paid

01-07-2013 03:25 PM

IWANNAGOFAST

ugh.... jan. 2nd back in the office... still hungover from NYE. I'd gladly go back to school

01-07-2013 01:55 PM

GraphicGr8s

What a bunch of pansies. Wait till you get into the real world and have to work. Two weeks total for vacation. Some holidays of course. But uhg. You have to work through the summer. No more summer vacations for you nor any winter, Easter etc. breaks.
GDK, in the real world you're tested every day.

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